Improved cork-extractor



5mm @wat @intim GEORGE L. GIBSON, JR., OF CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA.

Lenen Patent Naf 89,477, dated Apre 27, 1869.

IMPROVED CORK-EXTRACTOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. GIBSON, Jr., of Concord, in the county ofGabarlas, and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvcments in Cork-Extractors; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which isrepresented a perspective View Of my cork-extractor.

The nature of my invention consists in the employ V ment of a straightwire, pointed at the lower extremity, and provided at said extremitywith two, or more, spring-clamps, the Object of which will behereinafter fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art tO which my i11- vention appertains,to make and use the same, I will new describe its construction andoperation.

In the accompanying drawing- A represents a straight wire, pointed atthe lower extremity, E, and provided with two or more clampsprings, C C,of convenient length, united to wire A, at the point B, by welding,soldering, Or otherwise.

The clamps C C, have claws l) l), at the full extremity, for. takinghold Of the cork when the instrument is withdrawn from the bottle, thesides ofthe neck of the bottle closing the clam'ps, by pressure inwithdrawing.

This instrument has a handle, of wood or other ma! terial, H, at rightangles tO the wire A.

By vattaching a slide-ring, S, over the clamps, the same instrument canbeused as a bottle-washer.

Having thus described ihy invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is?- The spring-claws C O, in combination withthe pointed rod A, when said claws are secured at such a distance abovethe point E, that their length will be permanently the same, or aboutthe same, as that portion of the rod below the place at which the clawsand rod are secured, all arranged to operate as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my own, I aix my signature inpresence Of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. GIBSON, JB.. Vitnesses:

F. M. HENDERSON, A. H. SCOTT.

